Bothwell Families

These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s. You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

William Wood Hughes (1823-1890)
Emma Harriet Cunningham (1827-1915)

🏠Property History

William Wood Hughes, brother of Mary Ann Hughes.

b: abt 1823, Scotland (1); d: 21 Jul 1890, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (1); bur: 23 Jul 1890, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (2).

Spouse - Emma Harriet Cunningham, daughter of Arthur Cunningham and Harriet Unknown.

b: 23 Sep 1827 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bap: 24 Oct 1857, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); m: 1 Dec 1846, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (4); d: 22 May 1915, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (5); bur: 24 May 1915 Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (6).

Children of William Wood Hughes and Emma Harriet Cunningham:

  1. William Henry Hughes - b: 29 Dec 1847, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 1925, Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia (8).

  2. Emma Hughes - b: 21 Oct 1849, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (9); d: 2 May 1924, Picton, New South Wales, Australia (10). Spouse - James Gill McDowall, son of Archibald McDowall and Charlotte Gill, b: 22 May 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); bap: 22 Aug 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); m: 7 Dec 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); d: 8 Feb 1881, Queensland, Australia (14).

  3. Ellen Harriett Hughes - b: 15 Jan 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); bap: 8 Feb 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); d: 29 Dec 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); bur: aft 29 Dec 1853, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (17).

  4. Ellen Harriet Hughes - b: 23 Apr 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bap: 21 May 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); d: 8 Aug 1931, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19); bur: 11 Aug 1931, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20). Spouse - Alfred James Blake, son of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden, b: 3 Nov 1853, Cove Point, Tasmania, Australia (21); bap: 20 Aug 1854, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (21); m: 5 Sep 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (22); d: 26 Jan 1940, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (23); bur: 28 Jan 1940, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24).

  5. Sarah Louisa Hughes - b: 1 Mar 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25); bap: 22 Mar 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (26); d: 2 Aug 1932, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (27); bur: 4 Aug 1932, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (28).

  6. Arthur John Wood Hughes - b: 13 Nov 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (29); bap: 4 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (30); d: 9 Dec 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (31); bur: aft 9 Dec 1860, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (32).

  7. Euphemia Margaret Hughes - b: 4 Nov 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); bap: 24 Nov 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (34); d: 24 Jun 1937, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (35); bur: 25 Jun 1937, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (36). Spouse - Edwin Blake, son of Isaac Blake and Rebecca Whiteway, b: 15 Jan 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (37); bap: 6 Mar 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38); m: 16 Nov 1892, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (39); d: 11 Jun 1934, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (40); bur: 12 Jun 1934, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (41).

  8. Arthur John Wood Hughes - b: 1 Mar 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (42); bap: 20 Mar 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (43); d: 23 Nov 1933, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (44); bur: 24 Nov 1933, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (44). Spouse - Isabella Elizabeth Ann James, daughter of William James and Sarah Undy, b: 23 Mar 1866, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia (45); m: 23 May 1894, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia (46); d: 13 Apr 1945, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (47); bur: 14 Apr 1945, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (47).

  9. Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes - b: 7 Jul 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (48); bap: 25 Oct 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (49); d: 18 Jan 1892, West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (50); bur: 20 Jan 1892, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (51). Spouse - Richard Bowden, son of Edward Bowden and Sarah Allen, b: 9 Jun 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (52); bap: 22 Jul 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (53); m: 6 Jul 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (54); d: 7 Sep 1945, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (55); bur: 9 Sep 1945, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (56).

  10. Frank McGregor Hughes - b: 27 Nov 1872, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (57); bap: 23 Dec 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (58). No further research carried out on this person.

Sources

Properties in Bothwell purchased by or granted to William Wood Hughes

For more information on these properties click on the links under each map.
Complete and downloadable maps of the township are on the Property History page.

Tasmanian Archives Maps - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)

Sources

Family of William Wood Hughes

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Wood Hughes, no 1417/1890, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-12p181j2k).

  2. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, William W Hughes, 1890, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=7793).

  3. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Emma Harriet Cunningham, no 2347/1827, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-1-P130).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hughes-Cunningham, no 2256/1846, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-4p380j2k).

  5. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Hughes, 24 May 1915, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10414438).

  6. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Emma Harriett Hughes, 1915, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=18514).

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Henry Hughes, no 443/1848, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-3-p079j2k).

  8. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search), William H Hughes, death, no 4486/1925, Muswellbrook.

  9. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Hughes, no 1877/1849, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-3-p222j2k).

  10. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 4 Jun 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23740194).

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), James Gill McDowall, no 11/1844, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p210j2k).

  12. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, James Gill MacDowall, baptism, no 19/1844.

  13. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), McDowall-Hughes, no 6/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p7j2k).

  14. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.qld.gov.au/law/rbdm), James Gill McDowall, death, no 341/C/1881.

  15. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Ellen Harriett Hughes, baptism, no 121/1852.

  16. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ellen Hughes, no 102/1853, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-22p4j2k).

  17. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ellen Hughes, 1853, site unknown.

  18. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Ellen Mary Ann Hughes, baptism, no 160/1854.

  19. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Blake, 8 Aug 1931, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29919933).

  20. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ellen Blake, 1931, section A30, site 7-8.

  21. Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Alfred James Blake, no 4448/1854, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-3-p694j2k).

  22. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Blake-Hughes, no 31/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p18j2k).

  23. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Blake, 27 Jan 1940, p13 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25758002).

  24. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Alfred James Blake, 1940, section A30, site 7-8.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Louisa Hughes, no 9/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p708j2k).

  26. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Sarah Louisa Hughes, baptism, no 210/1857.

  27. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Hughes, 3 Aug 1932, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24715198).

  28. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Sarah Louise Hughes, 1932, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=28578).

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Arthur John Wood Hughes, no 46/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p382j2k).

  30. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Arthur John Wood Hughes, baptism, no 250/1859.

  31. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Arthur John Wood Hughes, no 372/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-29p36j2k).

  32. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Arthur John Wood Hughes, 1860, site unknown.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Euphemia Margaret Hughes, no 511/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p121j2k).

  34. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Euphemia Margaret Hughes, baptism, no 287/1861.

  35. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths, Blake, 25 Jun 1937, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25408340).

  36. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Euphemia Margaret Blake, 1937, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=32140).

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edwin Blake, no 2/1864, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).

  38. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Edwin Blake, no 303/1864.

  39. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Blake-Hughes, no 315/1892, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-51p186j2k).

  40. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Blake, 12 Jun 1934, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24940037).

  41. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Edwin Blake, 1934, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=29794).

  42. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Arthur John Wood Hughes, no 8/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).

  43. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Arthur John Wood Hughes, baptism, no 324/1864.

  44. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Hughes, 25 Nov 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24900302).

  45. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Ann Isbla James, no 54/1866, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p551j2k).

  46. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hughes-James, no 22/1894, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-53p15j2k).

  47. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Hughes, 14 Apr 1945, p14 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26069951).

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes, no 18/1868, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-46p278j2k).

  49. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Florence Lucy Hughes, baptism, no 349/1868.

  50. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Florence Bowden, no 945/1892, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-13p119j2k).

  51. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Florence Lucy Bowden, 1892, section A29, site 8.

  52. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Bowden, no 21/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p545j2k).

  53. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Richard Bowden, no 345/1866.

  54. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bowden-Hughes, no 503/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-48p280j2k).

  55. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bowden, 8 Sep 1945, p16 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26147013).

  56. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Richard Bowden, 1945, site unknown.

  57. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frank McGregor Hughes, no 1/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p761j2k).

  58. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frank McGregor Hughes, baptism, no 355/1873.